GIS & Drone
November 20 ,2024
Peter Keum, GISP
WTD Drone Program Lead/ GIS Analyst
What is it?
&
How we use it 
CUGOS
Maps
Maps Are Useful!
Maps Are Cool!
Maps Are Beautiful!
Source: Scott Reinhard
Ancient Map - Saint Belec,
Brittany France
And Maps Have Been Around for Awhile
Maps Tell a Story
John Snow 1854 Cholera Map
Broad Street - City of Westminister, London, England
John Snow 1854 Cholera Map
#1: Water Pump
#2: Work House
#3: Brewery
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamination of President Lincoln, 1864
Source: Library of Congress
Dept of Interior Census Map of 1861
Source: Library of Congress
Source: Library of Congress
Power of Maps
GIS : Geographic Information Systems
GIS : Geographic Information Systems
Geospatial Data
- Where?
- What?
- How?
- When?
"Data Sandwich"
GIS
"Data Sandwich"
Vector Data & Raster Data
Vector Data - discrete entities: point, lines and polygons
Vector Data & Raster Data
Raster Data - images consisting or regularly sized and spaced cells where every cell has a value
- Treatment Plants - points
- Conveyance Line - lines
- Sewer Service Area - polygon
Vector Data
- Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
- One elevation value per cell
Raster Data
- Aerial Imagery
(GIS Professionals)
Serious Answer
Not So Serious Answers
That's Me :)
Funny Ones
Funny Ones
GIS : Geographic Information System
Part 1: What is it? & Why Use it?
Part 2: How is it being used in WTD?
Why Use GIS?
- Where?
- What?
- How?
- When?
(One Map)
Display GIS Data
Overlay
Why Use GIS?
Why Use GIS?
GIS
Decision Makers
But Be Aware of Dark Side
GIS & Drone
What is it?
&
How we use it 
Feb 2005
Rt 9 - 195th (Brightwater) Conveyance System
Impacted Parcel Analysis
Lake Hills / NW Lake Sammamish
Coal Creek Trunk Upgrade
Georgetown Wet Weather Station
North Mercer Interceptor & Enatai Interceptor Upgrade
Multi-Discipline Data Integration
North Creek Interceptor Sewer Improvement Project
WTD GIS
WTD GIS
Maintain Sewer GIS Data
- FIRS (Facility Information Retrieval System) Data
- Maintenance Hole
- Pipes
- Pump Stations
- Regulator Stations
- Treatment Plants
- Outfalls
- Flow Monitors
- CP Stations
- Connection Points
- Site Plan Data
- 3D Models
- Drone Collected Data
- .... many many more
WTD
GIS
DATA
WTD GIS
WTD
King County
GIS
Data Library
There are 17 county agencies support King County GIS Data Library System
WLRD
Assessor
Road
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- Modeling Group
- CIFM (Conveyance, Inspection, and Flow Monitoring) Group
- Asset Management Program
- Capacity Charge
- ....many other sections
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
WTD GIS
KC & SPU
CSO Real-Time Status Viewer
RainWise
Basin Address Look-Up App
CSO Report
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- GSI (Green Storm Infrastructure) --> RainWise Program
WTD GIS
Program Support
- CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Control Program
- GSI (Green Storm Infrastructure) --> RainWise Program
WTD GIS
Program Support
- Modeling Group & CIFM Group
Meter Installation Tool
Program Support
- 3D Modeling Rendering
Program Support
- 3D Modeling Rendering
Program Support
- CIFM (Conveyance, Inspection, and Flow Monitoring) Group
ESJ Support
SVI for Chelan CSO Basin
Program Support
Inspector
"Sewer"
Gadget
GIS + Vertical Industry
Future of GIS (personal view)
GPT
General Purpose Technology
GPT
General Purpose Technology
- Steam Engine
- Electricity
- Internet
NOT
Generative Pre-Trained Transformer
GPT
"GPT always needs complements"
Urban Planning
Utilities/Engineering
You
Social Justice/Equity
Environmental
Science
GIS
GIS
GIS
GIS
You
You
You
GIS
Companies are using maps not just as nice features but to drive revenue as core components of their offering. Maps are no longer just a good way to visualize content, they are core to competitive advantage.
Companies are thinking more creatively about how to combine location with outside content and internal business data to differentiate products
GIS & Drone
What is it?
&
How we use it RPAS as Platform
Multi-rotors
Fixed-wing & VTOL
- Shorter flight time (< 45 min)
- Cover smaller area
- Highly maneuverable
- Less expensive
- Access to confined spaces
- Long flight time (+ 40min)
- Covers very large area
(vertical take-off & land)
1. Aircraft + Sensor (Data Collection)
2. Data Processing & Analyzing (GIS)
3. Information Products
=
+
Drone
GIS
Great Combo?
&
Great combo !
GIS & DRONE
1. Platform + Sensor (Data Collection)
2. Data Processing & Analyzing (GIS)
3. Information Products
credit: Esri
GIS Integration
Information Products
Summary of KC Wastewater Treatment Division RPAS Program
People
+
Technology
+
Organization
=
RPAS Program
November 2023
- Four FAA Part 107 Drone Certified Pilots - WTD GIS Specialists (Jim, Patrick, Joe, and Peter)
- Helping other departments to stand up their own RPAS programs
Joe
Outdoor
Indoor
DJI Mavic 2 Pro < $1,800
DJI Mavic 2 Pro Ent. Adv ~ $6,500
DJI FPV w/ Modification ~ $1,300
Mavic 3 Ent
~ $3,800
20 MP/ 56x zoom
20 MP
12 MP/ 32x zoom
+ Thermal
2021
June - Dec.
2023
Jan. - Nov.
Number of Flights
2022
Jan. - Dec.
+ 480 %
Why Use Drones?
South Treatment Plant
Primary Division Channel
Increase Safety for Staff
Why Use Drones?
Increase Safety for Staff
Why Use Drones?
Repeatable & Recordable & Searchable
West TP Power Upgrade Site Sept 22, 2022
Why Use Drones?
Repeatable & Recordable & Searchable
West TP Power Upgrade Site Jan 25, 2023
Why Use Drones?
Repeatable & Recordable & Searchable
West TP Power Upgrade Site March 25, 2023
examples
poly.cam
Esri 3D Scene Viewer App
examples
poly.cam
Esri 3D Scene Viewer App
examples
poly.cam
Esri 3D Scene Viewer App
GIS, What are they Good for?
Just another tool in the toolbox
+
=
YOU
Text
GIS
"First do it, then do it right, then do it better."
Credit: Addy Osmani
Doing is Learning, but...
Doing with mistakes?
It's still learning!
A
B
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C
Tobin Bradley, Mecklenburg County, NC
Tools
(Future Talk)
CUGOS
Cascadia
Users
of
Geospatial
Open
Source
END
for now
peter.keum@kingcounty.gov
Let's do A. B. L. !
peter.keum@kingcounty.gov
peter.keum@kingcounty.gov